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"The face of the operation is Briatore (referred to exclusively in the film by his colleagues and angry, chanting detractors as "Flavio"), an anthropomorphic radish who spends most of his time at QPR plotting to fire all of the managers."

At press time, Harbaugh had sent Michigan’s athletic department an envelope containing a heavily annotated seating chart, a list of the 63,000 seat views he had found unsatisfactory, and a glowing 70-page report on section 25, row 12, seat 9, which he claimed is “exactly what the great sport of football is all about.”

I don't know if it is because they are being diagnosed more, because of the media attention surrounding head injuries, or both, but it sure seems like a lot of football players the last two years are suffering concussions.

There's definitely a lot more attention surrounding football players (and even hockey players) now with the recent studies linking long-term side effects (like depression, suicide, etc.) to concussions. I think we're beginning to see teams (and players) view these things much more seriously. I'm guessing the actual number of concussions hasn't changed much over the last 20 years (I'd be willing to postulate that the number has actually gone down, with the advances in helmet safety, refs enforcing helmet-to-helmet penalties, etc.), it's just that people are paying more attention and showing more concern toward them, and subsequently reporting them more, now.

Damn. I should have known better than to draft an almost all Michigan fantasy football team. I thought that once the players graduated, they were from from the clutches of the various Angry Michigan _____ Hating Dieties.

My team:

QB: Tom Brady - Almost taken out in a car accident before the opening game. Good thing that Tom Brady's power is greater than that of the Angry Michigan Hating Gods.

WR - Braylon (DUI, but he still put up big numbers last week), Breaston (out 6-7 weeks with a knee injury) and Manningham (concussion).

RB - not many Michigan options here, so I went with MoJoDrew, Peirre Thomas and LaSean McCoy

K - Feely (look out man, the Angry Michigan Hating Gods are after you and your golden leg)

Defense - GB (Woodson, who much like Brady, is immune to the powers of the Angry Michigan Hating Gods)

Aw, come on. Why can't that big baby play? He just got his bell rung, is all. I bet you can't even see a concussion on an X-ray. You know that [old player] would never have sat out a game with a concussion.